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MrsJay
in Nashville, Tennessee

94 months ago

You can only transfer if you are part-time and its for school, spouse relocating, ect. If you are a driver you have to quit and get rehired at the UPS in the new location. If you are able to transfer you will lose building seniority but you will still retain company seniority in regards to retirement and benefits.

My husband has worked for UPS for several years (approx 20). He is on a transfer list and it is based on company seniority. If the building where he wants to transfer to is hiring, he can transfer there. He is a driver. There are no special circumstances needed to transfer, only job availability at the location he wants to transfer to. He does lose his center seniority however. Also, I believe there is a ratio of inside hires to transfer hires.

My husband is also on the transfer list and has been for four years. Does anyone know how to tell where he is on the list. It's frustrating not knowing if he is the next one in line or number 50.
Paddleboat in CA I'm with you! Did you ever find out anything about the transfer or if there was anything about the mutual transfer?
Thank you all for any info!

njdriverhelper in Plainsboro, New Jersey said: So, I plan on moving from New Jersey to Texas within the year.

I would like to begin a career with UPS, and am hoping to be offered a part-time package handling job when I complete my driver's helper position. I was told that this is very likely by HR when I started, and by my driver.

However, now that I am reading all this about the difficulty transferring I am wondering if it would be better to not take a position after the season and then just apply to a new place after I move?

I am just concerned as I have read that they have a no-rehire policy, too. So if I take a part-time position and quit when I moved and tried to get rehired it would be difficult, but being transferred would also be difficult?

I would rather work for UPS for the the 6-8 months before I move but I don't want to be blackballed either.

What would the best choice be here?

I could enroll in a school for a couple credit hours in the new area if that would enable me to get a transfer.

Driver helpers are SEASONAL positions. Driver helpers are almost NEVER offered part-time package handling positions at the conclusion of the season; if you're interested in part-time package handling, apply for the seasonal part-time package handling
positions, or consult with your helper coordinator about obtaining one.

If you're moving halfway across the country and desire future employment with UPS, complete the helping season and then apply at the center near your future location -- it will be a lot easier.

WORK FOR FDC FOR UPS AND I AM TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE HUB BY GOING TO THE BOXLINE . BUT THEY KEEP GIVING ME THE RUNAROUND, I DID THE TRANSFER AREA CARD AND EVERYTHING . BUT NOTHING HAS COME OUT OF IT.

I have a question and if anyone knows the answer, it would help a lot. I have to go on a 4 month internship in order to graduate from college. I talked with my H.R and H.R. representatives and they both said I could take a personal leave because they do not do educational leave, yet they do military and medical as long as my building manager was OK with it. He then talked with someone and they informed him that I couldn't take a 4 month leave. They said I could quit and reapply when i got back, but I do not want to lose my benefits.I was talking to a union rep and he told me that he thinks there is a 6 month window that if i quit I can possibly reapply and have the same benefits I had when I quit. He said its just a matter of the way you tell the manager.SO I am going through the Union agreement and trying to find something about this window.

ilkh in Detroit, Michigan said:Driver helpers are SEASONAL positions. Driver helpers are almost NEVER offered part-time package handling positions at the conclusion of the season; if you're interested in part-time package handling, apply for the seasonal part-time package handling
positions, or consult with your helpercoordinator about obtaining one.

If you're moving halfway across the country and desire future employment with UPS, complete the helping season and then apply at the center near your future location -- it will be a lot easier.

You might be offered a position after march when they don't have to pay the benefits backfeed from the first of the year.

Run away burn far far away from this company. They will make your life HELL and try to fire you as often as possible. Every driver I know has been fired for anywhere from a month to 2 years until the union finally steps in. They will look for every little thing and just fire you for it, whether they have the right to or not, and it takes time to get your job back. Meanwhile, you're not getting paid.
RUN
Also, in answer to the original question, you can request a transfer for whatever reason but you have to wait for an opening and you'll probably be on a waiting list.

My fiancé works for UPS in Sacramento hub as part time. He has been there for 12 years. We will be getting married soon and is looking at relocating to the Salt Lake Hub. Is is job and benefits transferable? Would he be able to move (spousal relocation) and keep his position (pay/benefits/seniority) or even get a full time job that is open there in the building or as a driver?

paddboat in Lakeport, California said: Does anybody out there work for UPS and know if you can transfer. And if so is it within your district or region? My husband works there and he says he would have to quit and get rehired. Sounds strange to me with a big company like that. I worked for USPS and I could put in for a transfer anywhere in the US. Of course you would have to wait until a position was open. I could also do mutual transfers. Basically trade jobs with someone who wanted to move where you were and vice versa. The web site had mutual transfer requests so you could see if there was someone wanting to transfer to where you lived. I am feeling like we are stuck here until he retires.

You used to not be able to transfer as of 2014 you can for now, there is still a process and you have to get approved by the management for where you want to transfer to.

paddboat in Lakeport, California said: Does anybody out there work for UPS and know if you can transfer. And if so is it within your district or region? My husband works there and he says he would have to quit and get rehired. Sounds strange to me with a big company like that. I worked for USPS and I could put in for a transfer anywhere in the US. Of course you would have to wait until a position was open. I could also do mutual transfers. Basically trade jobs with someone who wanted to move where you were and vice versa. The web site had mutual transfer requests so you could see if there was someone wanting to transfer to where you lived. I am feeling like we are stuck here until he retires.

The only way you can transfer now, is if you enroll in college, and provide class schedule.

Are there any updates to the UPS transfer policy for package car drivers? My husband has told me for years that they don't transfer drivers, period. However, from what I've read here it isn't that cut and dry. If I get a job out of state, or he registers for college classes out of state, is a transfer a possibility? I realize he loses building seniority, but what about company seniority? Benefits? Vacation? He's in Champaign, Illinois and part of the teamster Union. Thanks in advance!!

My husband has been a driver for 13 years. There's a position open where we want to transfer to. He put a transfer package in, signed up for 6 credits of classes at a local college where we want to transfer to and it got denied. They told him only part time workers can transfer for school reasons and it has to be full-time credit hours. :( I was offered a wonderful job opportunity and it's by our family on the opposite coast. I wish there was something we can do. He's scared to quit and re-apply there and start at the bottom because what if they won't count his 13 years over here? UPS is such a frustrating company to work for. ugh

lynn230 in Champaign, Illinois said: Are there any updates to the UPS transfer policy for package car drivers? My husband has told me for years that they don't transfer drivers, period. However, from what I've read here it isn't that cut and dry. If I get a job out of state, or he registers for college classes out of state, is a transfer a possibility? I realize he loses building seniority, but what about company seniority? Benefits? Vacation? He's in Champaign, Illinois and part of the teamster Union. Thanks in advance!!

my husbands transfer request was denies. They said he couldn't transfer period and the transfer for school reasons is only for part-time workers who are going full-time college ugh Wish there were other options. I got a job offer back home I'd like to take. We're on the east coast because I use to be in the military and he got a job with UPS, we haven't been able to leave since :(

So my husband has been on the postal forum for a swap since 2011..yes 2011! In 2015, we had an opportunity for a direct transfer through e-reasign to Hickory, NC. Our trip was cut short (after already having an apartment, kids in school, new furniture, etc..) when my husband called to find out his start date since they hadn't told him yet. He was then informed, 3 months later, that his job was given to someone else and he still had 3 more CCA's in front if him to convert in that station. Long story short, we had to move back to Florida. Here we are again with another opportunity for a 3 way mutual swap, where everyone is in agreeance and at the same level and my husbands manager is making his life extremely difficult, all bc he doesn't want to let him go. My husband goes above and beyond for him. Everything he asks my husband to do, he does. He is a hard worker and very liked within his office but his manager is using his power of decision to work him more and belittle him. He threatens that he won't be able to get it so to forget about it, he talks to other employees about their private conversations and tells everyone my husband is crazy for leaving. I can tell you that I am so sick and tired of his office and the managers there, including his useless shop steward who doesn't do anything there but rumor crap all day. There are criminals in his office(literally with records of all sorts) that are hired, no background check, can steal or fight, or get DUI's and get their job back, but they give my husband a hard time just to move to another station. Does anyone have a clue as to what we can do besides a grievance??? We've been waiting so longggggggg����